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Erith 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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ARRANGEMENT OF REPORT
Section Page
A Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
1. Physical Situation and Amenities 10
2. Comparative Rainfall 11
3. Unemployment Figures and Comments 11
4. Statistics
(a) General 12
(b) Births, Birth Rate, Still Births, Still
Birth Rates 13
(c) Infant Mortality 13
(d) Deaths, Death Rate, Maternal
Mortality Rate 14
(e) Summary of Vital Statistics for year
1963 15
(f) Vital Statistics of the whole District
during 1963 and previous years 16
(g) Table showing Summary of Causes
of Death during 1963 17
(h) Infant Mortality— Causes of death
and table of comparison 18
(i) Comparison of Maternal Mortality
Rate 19
B Prevalence of and control over Infectious and
other Diseases
1. Notifications 20
(a) Age Distribution 21
(b) Ward Distribution 22
2. Tuberculosis
(a) New cases notified during 1963 23
(b) Deaths 23
3. Diphtheria and Whooping Cough
munisation 24
4. Vaccination against Smallpox 24
5. Vaccination against Poliomyelitis 25
C General Provision of Health Services for the Area
1. General Hospital Facilities 26
2. Infectious Disease Hospitals 26
3. Tuberculosis Treatment and Hospital
Accommodation 26
4. Venereal Diseases 26
5. Ambulance Service 26
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